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BLK (sportswear)

Australian sportswear company

Summary

Australian sportswear company

Field	Value
name	BLK Sport
former_name	KooGa Australia (1999–2011)
logo	Blk sports logo.svg
logo_size	200px
type	Private
area_served	Worldwide
industry	Textile
products	Accessories, apparel, sportswear
aum
parent	Esperança Timor Oan
foundation
location_city	Helensvale, Queensland
location_country	Australia
homepage	blksport.com

BLK (initials for "Beyond Limits Known") is an Australian sporting goods manufacturing company which was established in 1999 in the city of Gold Coast in Queensland.

History

The overall but now heavily transitioned company has origins as far back as 1999, but evolved from the Australian arm of the brand KooGa. Australian founder Kim Brant began to re-brand KooGa Australia to 'BLK' in 2011. Kooga New Zealand was independent and had no ownership connection with Kooga Australia nor BLK.

Acquisition

The parent company of BLK, World Rugby Specialists, was placed into external receivership in November 2016. In January 2017, BLK was acquired by a consortium of Fijian and East Timor investors (led by oil and energy company Esperança Timor Oan), amid BLK's financial issues.

Sponsorships

BLK is the official supplier and sponsor of sports teams, players, associations and events, including:

Rugby union

National teams

KEN Kenya
NAM Namibia

Club teams

ZAF Stormers
ZAF Western Province
ZAF Cheetahs
ZAF Free State Cheetahs
ENG London Irish
AUS Melbourne Rebels

Rugby League

National teams

NZL New Zealand

Club Teams

CAN Toronto Wolfpack

References

[https://touchfootball.com.au/kooga-would-like-to-introduce-blk/ KooGa would like to introduce BLK] on Touch Football site, 12 Nov 2013
[https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/consortium-private-investors-buys-troubled-sportswear-brand-blk/ Consortium of private investors buys troubled sportswear brand BLK] by Dominic Powell on Smart Company, 20 Jan 2017
[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-16/uniform-strife-as-supplier-goes-into-receivership Uniform strife as supplier goes into receivership] by Matt Thompson] on AFL website, Nov 16, 2016
[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/struggling-sportswear-firm-blk-sold-to-timor-fiji-investors/news-story/dd0d2bff608ce60d937c565ebda17a4d Ailing sports firm BLK sold] on ''The Australian''
[https://blksport.com/pro-range Fan Gear] on BLK website, retrieved 25 Sep 2019

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